I gave the movie a 7/10 out of generosity but I definitely agree that 2.0 was presented MUCH better. There were just too many damn questions that were left without answers. Oh and Shinji is a bitch now along with Misato with her ridiculous personality in this movie.

Well, I guess some people thought was a trainwreck for the story but I just turned my brains off and watched it.

Rebuild by 3.0 is pretty much about focusing on Shinji. Thus, we get unanswered questions as we're thrown in the same boat as him. I could be wrong though.

Also how fucking stupid is everyone not to tell Shinji the truth. I mean you harass and guilt trip a kid to pilot an unstable weapon of mass destruction to save the world, and then blame him when it goes out of control because he didn't know the truth of it in the first place? They couldn't just be like, dude you destroyed the world, please don't pilot an eva because it will happen again? I'd like to see them explain their relationality on that in the 4th movie.

Also in the 2nd movie I swear Kaoru says "This time I'll definitely make you happy." When talking about Shinji? Is that a mistranslation or is it possible this is a continuation of the series via the rebuilt world from the end of the first 4th impact.

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I had the same thoughts after watching the movie as well. All you needed to do was spend 5 minutes to explain what happened and you likely would've avoided nearly everything that happened in the rest of the movie.

As far as the movie goes it's hard to judge it without seeing what they do with 4.0

The movie by itself really isn't that good but that's mainly because it felt like it was setting up for the last one.

The movie fails because it really didn't have the element that made the franchise engrossing in the first place and that's the interaction of the characters and their lives.

The bulk of the movie was Shinji in a vacuum so to speak with limited interaction with anyone else.

But I believe the movie will work far better put together with the rest of them.

What makes me a good Eva pilot? If I were a bad Eva pilot, I wouldn't be sitting here discussing it with you now would I? One wayward pinch of LCL, one twist of character development, one ERRANT TWITCH of character development, and KABLOOEY! *sighs* I've got a manky eye. I'm a Ginger German Cyclops. They got more plot explanation then they got the likes of me. SO! Tar you dandies, so proud! So cock-sure! Prancing aboot with yer head full of eyeballs! Come and get me I say! I'll be waiting for ya with a wiff of the ol' Unit 02. I'm a grim bloody tsundere with a grim bloody attitude. OH THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GLUE YOU BACK TOGETHER......IN HELL!

Kind of a few spoilers here, but otherwise watching the original series is spoilerish enough.

My only question is when the hell is funimation gonna release 3.0!?! It's been a while now since 2.0! Being obviously kind of a fan since I first watched the series on adult swim I don't want to pirate the film or anything. I'd feel really guilty if I did that!

Visually awesome, like the new direction, but it was a bit too short for what all needed to be in it. Made for a slow midpoint, but a strong setup for good (though probably WTF) final 4.0

Spoiler warning of what had myself and my friend going... okay.....

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Shinji in full emo shut down.

"I trust you completely!"
"Don't touch It"
"But you said to take it, so I am going to"
and everybody NOOOOO!!
"What? Did I cause this?"
Theatre: "YES!!!!"

Did you watch the dub or sub? I accidentally booked for a dub showing haha but it wasn't as bad as I thought. Man it looked fucking great in theatres though my friends who didn't watch the series just kind of internally exploded. There wasn't as much heckling for my theatre but everyone collectively sighed and had to exclaim their heterosexuality during Kaworu and Shinji scenes.

Also, it glows, her eye I mean... well they both glow, but lefty is blue. Angel blue. Whats with that? I noticed it, and did some google. I literally found a 30pg thread on another forum discussing Asuka's eyeballs. Hopefully it means some dope shit's goin down in 4.0. Color me excited.

All in all, I enjoyed the movie. Like everyone else said, there are A LOT of questions to be addressed in 4.0. Now that I'm all nostalgia'd up...

Did you watch the dub or sub? I accidentally booked for a dub showing haha but it wasn't as bad as I thought. Man it looked fucking great in theatres though my friends who didn't watch the series just kind of internally exploded. There wasn't as much heckling for my theatre but everyone collectively sighed and had to exclaim their heterosexuality during Kaworu and Shinji scenes.

The evening show was dubbed only. I am used to the dubbed evangelion going back to the originals, then watching 1.0 and 2.0 in dubbed. I was surprized how empty the theatre was. And yup for the Kaworu scenes. Mostly I enjoyed it, but too much red. I never liked the color red...

Fortunately, the theatre shall be redeemed as in two weeks, got Akira and Ghost in the Shell double header on the big screen :D

Also, it glows, her eye I mean... well they both glow, but lefty is blue. Angel blue. Whats with that? I noticed it, and did some google. I literally found a 30pg thread on another forum discussing Asuka's eyeballs. Hopefully it means some dope shit's goin down in 4.0. Color me excited.

All in all, I enjoyed the movie. Like everyone else said, there are A LOT of questions to be addressed in 4.0. Now that I'm all nostalgia'd up...

Must watch.... entire.... series....

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The eyepatch really throws back to what happened in the 14 years. I suspect her right arm is in the same deal. To really understand it, at least in my opinion, you will have to make throwbacks to end of evangelion. It is made pretty clear that there was an eva war first off. But without Shinji, they couldn't trigger the instrumentality project. One of the things about the mass produced evas were they also had artificial lances. The lances strike at what binds our soul. That is why they would penetrate the AT Field.

Since this is alternate timeline, and going by the non regenerated damage to unit 02, it most likely goes to 02 got hit with artificial lances the same way she did in 02. Since the eva AT field is a projection of the human soul, damage to the eva from the lance, directly damages your own body. This is why in End of Evangelion, she was bleeding out of her eye and we see her arm split in two. At the end, shinji bandaged them up, but not fatal. This is the current state of Asuka. The glowing blue is actually her own show shining through as a result of damage to the "ego border"

That makes sense? I am trying to keep it short without reviewing the whole series///